Toy



A. F. FISHER.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 8. 1919.

Patented Feb. 22, 1921.

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TOY.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, ANNA F. FISHER, a citizen of the United States, residing at 37 Hilton avenue, Hempstead, in the county of Nassau, State of New York, have, invented certain new and useful Improvements in Toys; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to toys and has for its object to provide a novel figure toy of sheet material which may be inexpensively made of printed and stamped-out card board, or sold simply in the printed sheet as a so-called cut-out.

My improved toy consists primarly of a card board figure creased to assume a sitting posture, and a chair also formed of folded card board designed to hold the figure in the chair when simply thrust therein and without either the chair or the figure having special holding means to be attached or released.

My invention also contemplates a detachable backing for the figure arranged to stiffen the fold lines and hold the doll erect when it is not used in connection with the chair. V

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated my novel toy, and in said drawings-' Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the doll sitting in a chair;

Fig. 2 is a front view showing the doll with the reinforcing back attached;

Fig. 3 is a side view of Fig. 2,

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the chair; and

Figs. 5 and 6 are plan views showing the pieces out of which the chair is folded.

Referring to the drawings, 1 indicates the doll or figure which is preferably stamped out of cardboard with the face, dress, etc. printed thereon. The doll is creased to bend forward at the line 2 and to bend backward at the line 3, the crease 3 being preferably across the wide part of the skirt where the card board will be as little weakened as possible. The arms 4: of the figure are not creased but extend down on each side in the-manner shown for the pu ose of engaging with the chair 5 to hold the doll in sitting posture in the chair.

The chair is made up of two pieces of card board shown in Figs. 5 and 6. The

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented F b 22 a Application filed November 8, 1919. Serial No. 336,534.

back p1ece 6 is an uncreased' piece of the shape shown with slots 7 and 8 for receiving the tongues 9 and 10, projecting from the seat and s1de wings, respectively, of the front part of the chair. This'part comprises a seat 12, side wings 13, and a middle part 14 creased on'the-dotted lines 15 tofold into box-l1ke form, the tongues 16 passing through slots. 17 in the 'sidewings and the tongue 9 passing through slot 7 in the back plece 6. The severalslots and tongues are cut to have a close fit so that the tongues Wlll be held in place without folding.

When the chair is put together in the manner shown the side wings 13 project above the seat and the back projects laterally beyond the side wings so that the edge of the projecting portion of the side wings abuts against the back, forming a narrow slot open at the top into which the arms of the figure may be thrust when the doll is placed in the chair in the manner shown. The natural resilience of the card board back presses the arms against the edges of the side wings with sufficient pressure to hold the doll firmly in place, although allowing it to be readily withdrawn when lifted out of the chair.

To hold the doll erect when not seated in the chair I provide a stiff card board back v 20 slightly smaller than the body portion of the doll and held in position by a detachable fastener such, for instance, as the paper clip 21. If desired the backing piece may have an edge folded back at an angle to the plane of the back to hold the doll erect.

By designing the arms of the doll to hold the doll in the chair the use of unsightly projections forming no part of the figure is avoided, and it is not noticeable that the doll is held in position at all. If no holding means were provided, the figure would have to be more fiexiblethat is, more heavily scored in order to remain folded in sitting posture, thereby weakening the figure or requiring the use of much heavier and more expensive material.

It will of course be understood that the chair need not be of the exact design shown. Any folded form presenting a slot along the back in position to engage the would be satisfactory. The chair shown, however, is a simple design easily made and holds the arms securely but inconspicuously.

It will also be understood that other changes may be made in the design of the from 1. In a toy, the combination of a chair; I

provided With arms and a back, and a figure of sheet material, provided with arms adapted to be seated in the chair, the chair being provided With slots forgripping the arms of the figure to hold the figure in the chair.

2. In a toy, the combination of a figure of sheet material adapted to be folded into a sitting posture, the figure being provided with uncreased arms, and a chair of sheet material provided With slots for gripping the arms of the figure when it is seated in the chair to hold it in place in the chair.

8. In a toy, the combination of a chair provided With arms and a back, and a figure of sheet material adapted to be folded into a sitting position for seating in the chair, the arms of the chair being spaced a small amount from the back of the chair to form upwardly opening slots in which the arms of the figure are engageable, for holding the figure in place in the-chair.

4. In a toy, the combination of a figureof sheet material adapted to be folded into sitwting posture, and a chair formed of sheet material With upwardly open slots positioned to receive the arms of the figure when it is thrust into the chair to maintain the figure in the chair.

5. In a toy, the combination of a chair of sheet material, comprising a seat, side wings and a back, an upper edge of a side wing, adjacent the chair back, being slightly spaced from said back to form a slot, and a figure of sheet material adapted to be seated in said chair and to have a part thereof engage'in said slot, whereby said figure is held in the chair.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ANNA F; FISHER. 

